Strategic Planning

Dr. Roosevelt De Los Santos, medical director of health informatics at Trinity Health, believes not only doctors, but also nurses, pharmacists and other clinicians should be involved in health systems’ technology development and deployment.  

First Databank director of product management Anna Dover and NCH Healthcare System CMIO Dr. David Linz talk about exploring ways to notify clinicians about possible medication errors without overloading them and triggering burnout.  

CIO Craig Kwiatkowski offers a look at the AI tools deployed at the famous health system and discusses the measure of success of AI initiatives, as well as how the technology can help identify disparities in care access and outcomes.  

Cedars-Sinai CIO Craig Kwiatkowski discusses using the FAVES approach (fair, appropriate, valid, effective and safe) in genAI adoption, as well as the "build vs buy" question, and challenges with integrating AI technologies into existing systems.   

Christopher Kunney, advocacy chair for HIMSS Georgia chapter and 2024 Changemaker, discusses his health equity and advocacy work focused on closing care gaps for communities of color and encouraging people of color to pursue healthcare careers.  

Dr. Maulik Majmudar, Biofourmis chief medical officer, discusses the company's home-healthcare delivery tools and how to ensure remote patient monitoring technology is user-friendly for patients and effectively gathers data for providers.

Lee Kim, senior principal, cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS, discusses the new NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, which offers specific implementation examples and granular guidance to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk.

Microsoft's chief nursing information officer, Kathleen McGrow, discusses the link between clinical workflow and information technology and how the HIMSS innovation nursing advisory group educates nurses to improve AI literacy and utilization.

Carolyn Metnick, partner and Healthcare and Privacy & Cybersecurity team member at Sheppard Mullin, recommends that healthcare organizations follow basics such as following HIPAA security rule compliance and doing a security risk analysis.  

Actress, writer, producer and fertility advocate Kellee Stewart discusses her work with Evite and family-building and fertility company Progyny, the black maternal health experience and conditions that hinder the family-building process.